Example sentences of "[noun] turn [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As Moses turned his back on the Red Sea . |
| 2 | Katherine turned her back on the window — and immediately forgot about her children . |
| 3 | There was a familiarity to it , but — Paige turned her head on the pillow as a band of light , growing wider , spread over the carpet . |
| 4 | John Osborne turned his invective on the Palace in 1957 in an article in Encounter : |
| 5 | Suddenly Holden turned his machine-gun on the onlookers and fired , scattering them in all directions and scaring them to death even though he was only firing blanks . |
| 6 | She got a contract to turn her thesis on the Industrial Novel into a book , and settled enthusiastically to the task . |
| 7 | Ecotopia turns its back on the capitalist treadmill of material progress-not by a return to pre-industrial forms and back to nature " but by developing a " high-tech " society that is designed to be compatible with the biosphere . |
| 8 | Instead of using a jack to take the weight , Jos turned his back on the front bumper , bent his knees and lifted the two leading tyres clear of the ground . |
| 9 | The French skirmishers turned their force on the Prince 's staff . |
| 10 | But despite this and other anthems of our time , like ‘ N-I-X-O-N ’ , ‘ Tricky Dicky Was A Rock ‘ n ’ Roller ’ and ‘ Plot Against The Prezident ’ ( correct spelling has never been a Dick-Nixs essential ) , when the time came , America turned its back on the band 's hero . |
| 11 | Then he saw one of the boys turn his back on the man he seemed to be dancing with , hook his fingers in the skimpy underpants , wriggle them down to reveal his bottom and then wiggle the bottom until it shook like a jelly . |
| 12 | Charlie turned his back on the parade ground and began his journey to London . |
| 13 | Leonora turned her back on the past , bracing herself against the wind as she walked briskly towards the spot where the cliff path began its decent to Seal Haven . |